"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." (Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh)
True, false, good, bad, useful, not so useful, etc.? Discuss.
My thoughts:
OK, I had to look that one up to figure out what it even means or refers to. Hanh was a Zen master and, Zen being largely connected to meditation, was discussing walking as meditation, and recommending that one walk slowly, attentive to contact with the ground, timing steps with breathing, etc.
I guess I might give that a try, but usually when walking I'm more of the outward than inward attention type, and that attention is less toward the ground immediately beneath me than to my surroundings (which sometimes results in sprains, etc.). I guess I'm more of a "nature walker" than a "meditation walker." To each their own.
